YOKOHAMA LEVELLED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18497, 6 September 1923, Page 7

YOKOHAMA LEVELLED.

: ONLY ONE RUIN STANDING. ' FOOD ARRIVES AT TOK TO. EMPEROR AND'REGENT SAFE By l'3leeraph—Pre33 Association— Oopyrifftti i ~ . (Received 9.33 p.mi) . ' A. and N.Z. ' ; NEW . YORE,' Sept. i. <; The first refugees : from Yokohama. at'rived at Kobe at midnight on Monday, • states a despatch to the New York World. More arrived to-day. ' 'All are : clothed "as > at llio time -of the .'' earthquake. The re- '• ■ fugees brought the first definite news ; of >: ■■ deaths: in ■, Yokohama, including . the American Consul. ; Mr. Kirjosoff, and Air. • Home arid Mr. Griffith, of the : British Consulate. ; The refugees also :; confirmed the previous \ report ?. which had • been deemed incredible; that" no build- ■ ing remains .standing- in.. Yokohama •except the tottering ruins' of the: Standard '•' Oil Office. . i One .refugee 'said "The, earth literally heaved like a sea. I shall" hear the screams of the victims all my, life." .: ■...:• The steamers, Empress olf 'Australia' V ■>. and Kore fA; Maru both i saved many lives r by taking aboard all who could -leave the quaking:-wharf. / Five■ of the Royal family /are dead, hut ; the Emperor and Empress and--the Prince Regent are safe. .'■' ; * ..{.:'■. Two Japanese .divisions are •proceeding . to , assist "the rescue work among: Tokio f s :■'■ strxken populace. •'.''.-; 1 )' Despatches from Japan, ..received vis. San FranciSco, say that six naval -.vessels have arrived ;,at; ; Yokohama and Shina- .;■' gawa, with cargoes of rice.; Conditionsin both cities ; have improved, -■:■:■. and ■-■• the ■ : '] : water supply, and street lighting have been restored in.Tokio. ;.:■:'.? A new estimate, credited to the Home • Office, says that the dead in Tokio numbered 10,000. ' ' ~',■',' - The editor "of, the Osaka Asahi cabled [ ' '; to the editor of the New 'York Times, >'~'■ saying that the Imperial \ Palace caught fire, but that no serious damage was done. The Prince Regent removed immediately to Akasaka : Palace.. - The Emparor and Empress are safe vat ; Nikko, ■--. their : ; summer palace. '■■■.■ The chief cause of the .Tokio arid Yoko- • .; - hama conflagrations was the breaking of' ■ ;:. gas pipes through the collapse of the , ' • houses. : The buildings destroyed at Tokioi; M include the Metropolitan Police Office; the- • Bank of Japan, and other large } banking business houses. . The ' Sumeda ' River ' was " flooded .by• a tidal wave, drowning many persons* The".' '/■• railways for miles about Tokio are torn' 1 - up. YokosukaV; naval base is;, totally de* * : stroyed, and all lighthouse's..' in Tokio - Bay collapsed, - making navigation danger- . ous. Many , vessels •at the Kamakura - naval station are reported aground. ~ •',.(' • Other details received .by newspapers from Osaka state that it is,known ,that. ;■/; the Italian and., French Embassies , at .-■ Toltio are destroyed, but nothing is known concerning the safety of the diplomatic representatives. ' ' Osaka ' newspapers sent reporters .in '"'■■ aeroplanes to view, Tokio, but the .smoke ' shut off their view. '• -The shortage of: food in Tokio is so acute that people can bo \ seen fighting;in Hiloiyia vPark in attempts to catch the - -' carp in the pond there. ; The price of : rice is mounting to the sky. Nobody is permitted to enter the; city unless: he is ■;-.■■ ! carrying his ; own food. -A*- supply of ,-,:' 100.000 ton* of rice is needed. ' - '':■"■' Three Japanese torpedo boats were in Yokohama Harbour when the tidal wave came, arid were sunk. The exact ; damage ; . to shipping has not yet been determined. '.. ! AMERICAN EMBASSY. : ." ; : :;; ; : " ---' :-^. : :::----.'.-" : "^"' : '. -•'' vC.' -^'-: --^w>-J: ;^;?:-'X-;-V"--^7:V'' ; ■; V\ V'; ALL THE STAFF SAFE. A. i and N.Z. •': .WASHINGTON.. Sept. .4. - All the members. ofj the United States ,', *... Embassy at. Tokio am. safe. . The Am- > bassador, Mr.. Woods,, advises that all -.■■■■■;.: Embassy buildings art; destroyed. . >:., RISING OF .KOREANS. FIGHT WITH TOKIO POLICE. A. and N.Z. - PEEING. Sept. 4. A. despatch from Osika states that the •-.': Tokio police fought a pitched battle with :\- 200 Koreans, who attempted to" arouse Socialists Sand other malcontents -'to 're- . volution ' ;'• '■ The i police finally overcame •" the• insurgents. -The casualties i;arc "not ; known, but! martial . law is made oven v.- mora > stringent. . ', •■ .' ' , % ' " . ' . CABLE INTEItRUmON. ■;'.:■'/.' : :' ; :' :;: .'':-- ; ' S"':;.\: : ..y .y-'■■■:; -/Z^r^t^^skfip&^tt TOKIO AND YOKOHAMA, ■:,.;;;,:,.,:..■/-,.;,;■ ~.-;.;■. . ', : . *-;. ;' - ..'.•The Eastern Extension. Company': notifies; that 'Communication '■ wit'a; ; TokioVand Yokohama has been potallyj; interrupted ' ■ since ,12.50 p.m. on Slaturday.Septenfbe'r 1, ':,, Cablegrams, for places .beyond Oiaka . , a«i. being accepted »t:<|Bihhder"B' ridt otslk,